For many people, Christmas time is a special day filled with beliefs and superstitions related to health, happiness, prosperity and love. Many of them have been known for a long time and are still passed down from generation to generation. Even though many people do not believe in them and treat them with a pinch of salt, some people still follow them, not wanting any misfortune to happen to them.
What brings bad luck on Christmas Eve? These are very famous and old Christmas Eve customs
December 24, i.e. Christmas Eve, our ancestors said that specific behaviors should be absolutely avoided on this day. Thanks to this, we can avoid misfortune.
- Better to refrain from sewing and any tailoring corrections. Superstition says that whoever performs such work on Christmas Eve will have to repair something throughout the coming year and face frequent failures of home appliances.
- Number of people at Christmas Eve it matters! It is best for it to be even, otherwise the next year will be full of misfortunes for the household.
- Pay attention to this who crosses the threshold first home. According to an old custom, if a woman is the first to enter or ring the doorbell on Christmas Eve, bad luck will fall on all household members. According to beliefs, it is better for it to be a man.
- Superstition absolutely forbids it borrowing to someone, but also from someone, anything on December 24. People who do this may have a problem earning anything next year.
- Better on Christmas Eve don’t cut the cake, before you all sit down at the table. According to beliefs, this can bring bad luck.
It’s like Christmas Eve all year round? See what brings happiness on December 24
Christmas Eve superstitions primarily say that we should spend Christmas Eve in the way we wish to spend the entire next year. It is said that “as is Christmas Eve, so is the whole year”, and on this day, according to beliefs, even at night, animals speak with a human voice, and some of the things can ensure us a happy year ahead.
- If on the morning of December 24 the first guest in the house is a young boy, it will bring a happy year.
- Whoever finds a penny placed in one of the ears of borscht will be considered lucky in the coming year.
- Be sure to try each of the twelve Christmas Eve dishes so that you don’t run out of them next year.
- A scale from a carp eaten on Christmas Eve, placed in a wallet and carried there all year round, is supposed to attract money.
Source: Gazeta
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